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Simon Walters<p>Is anyone using Linux running the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Elegoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elegoo</span></a> slicer in a Windows <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBox</span></a> VM?</p><p>I've got a Centauri Carbon arriving next month and have been told their slicer can't be runnon Linux<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a></p>
Martin Skøtt :redhat: :fedora:<p>Heavily considering giving <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/niri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>niri</span></a> a try after <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/paperwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paperwm</span></a> has been causing some stability issues lately. I'm not sure if I'm ready to go back to a non-DE setup though (ran <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbox</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/awesomewm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>awesomewm</span></a> back in the day). Niri sure is tempting though :-)</p>
vermaden<p>New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟰.𝟯 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝟮𝟱 [FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25] article available.</p><p><a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verblog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xorg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frankenpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frankenpad</span></a></p>
vermaden<p>New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟰.𝟯 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝟮𝟱 [FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25] article available.</p><p><a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/verblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verblog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xorg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/frankenpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frankenpad</span></a></p>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Installing and exploring a new operating system (FreeBSD) has led me to revisit an old and friendly window manager: Openbox</p><p>Its an excellent foundation for crafting a lightweight and delightful FreeBSD desktop just the way I like it!</p><p><a href="https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-openbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-openbo</span><span class="invisible">x/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 26 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>FreeBSD + Openbox = ❤️ </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
/dev/urandom<blockquote><p>how do i move this window in gnome, i have no idea where to drag from because the title bar is full of widgets</p></blockquote><p><strong>just hold the windows key and you can now drag it anywhere</strong></p><p>this feature, in one way or another, existed for more than a decade and is (from my experience) part of <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xfce</span></a> and even <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> (some of them disagree on whether to use Alt or the Windows key, but all of them have it) -- even Sway, which is a tiling window manager, still uses the same workflow to reorganize windows</p>
Justine SmithiesSo still on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> adventure and although I missed images in the terminal be it <code>sixel</code> in <code>xterm</code> or the kitty protocol in <code>kitty</code>, I've decided to stick with good old <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=xterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xterm</a> . Also on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> daily driver I'm used to such luxuries as icons in the terminal like font awesome or nerd fonts but even though I could have used <code>alacritty</code> or <code>kitty</code> to achieve this I have decided to for go them. After all what do they do other make it look pretty ? I don't get any other functionality from them and they can easily be replaced with text. You might have noticed too that although I'm a <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> chic on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> I've decided to be all nostalgic and stick with Xorg on OpenBSD. I haven't yet settled on a window manager be it tiling or stacking but <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=herbstluftwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbstluftWM</a> and <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> are in my sights although I'm still using the default <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=fvwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fvwm</a> right now. I have my Qutebrowser setup and aerc for my email. Printing via cups and xsane for scanning. Looking into <code>nsxiv</code> for an image viewer as the OpenBSD port of <code>imv</code> is well out of date. Yes I'm having to make small changes but once I'm finished this wee Dell Optiplex 3080 tower will be perfect for daily driving OpenBSD and I'm looking forward to learning lots more. <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a><br>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 16 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>I'm happy with how my Openbox config is coming together! This time around I'm not using any kind of panel/taskbar and have set windows to open maximized by default:</p><p><a href="https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/openbox?ref_type=heads" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfile</span><span class="invisible">s/-/tree/master/.config/openbox?ref_type=heads</span></a></p><p>Next up: further configure `.xinitrc` to run some helper applications at `startx`.</p><p>Onward!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Justine SmithiesBeen tinkering around with my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> Dell Optiplex 3080 rig learning how OpenBSD differs from say FreeBSD. I've also got X running with the default <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=fvwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FVWM</a> but I cannot decide if I want to install <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=herbstluftwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbstluftWM</a> or <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBox</a> ? Yes I know the first is a tiling window manager but I know I can setup OpenBox to tile too with a few scripts. I think I'll have to research a tad more and decide later. For now FVWM it is and yes I'm actually liking OpenBSD if I'm honest. <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a> <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nostalgia</a><br>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 13 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>Going for a more uniform look for my Openbox setup using `Adwaita-Dark` for GTK and QT applications. For Openbox itself I'm using the `Nordic Dark` theme slightly modified (setting backgrounds on menus and titlebars to solid black):</p><p><a href="https://github.com/hsully03/Nordic-Openbox" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/hsully03/Nordic-Ope</span><span class="invisible">nbox</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 12 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>Continuing to tweak my Openbox setup. I've fallen down the `xlock -mode _modename_` rabbit hole. 🙂 </p><p>This is interesting: when - instead of `startx` - you run `exec startx`, if you try to bypass the screen locker by CTRL-ALT-Fnum to a console and kill the X session it knocks you back out to login. Same deal when you exit the X session normally. Nice and simple and exactly the behaviour I was looking for! </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
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Daniel Wayne Armstrong

Day 11 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD :freebsd:

Hello Openbox! Its been awhile. 🙂

I'm re-acquainting myself with the Openbox window manager on my new FreeBSD laptop. I was a happy user for a few years before moving to Linux Mint Debian and Cinnamon desktop.

Currently rethinking my config with help from this excellent HOWTO courtesy of @vermaden ...

vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/07

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